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Book, Crona Temple, The Old Endeavour, a Book for Boys, c. late 1800's

  • Cover of book shows a shipwreck with men pointing to it in the distance with others unloading goods on the wharf. The title The Old Endeavour is written in gold lettering at the top.

    The Old Endeavour

  • Cover shows a wrecked ship, The Old Endeavour, with men pointing at it in the distance and some hauling goods on the wharf.

    The Old Endeavour

  • Cover of book shows a shipwreck with men pointing to it in the distance with others unloading goods on the wharf. The title The Old Endeavour is written in gold lettering at the top.
  • Cover shows a wrecked ship, The Old Endeavour, with men pointing at it in the distance and some hauling goods on the wharf.

Physical description

small dark green hardcover book with an illustration imprinted on the front in black ink of men and a woman standing on the shore retrieving items from a shipwreck. A barrel, ropes and anchor are shown on a wharf at the bottom left. The back cover has the initials of the publisher RTS ( Religious Tract Society) ornately written in black on a lifebuoy with the ocean bed below. The title, The Old Endeavour is imprinted with a gold coloured rope style lettering. The frontispiece illustration opposite the title page depicts rescue boats, a man saving a child in the sea with his mother close by. Some black and white illustrations throughout and ornate floral strips of decoration at the top of each new chapter. 158p.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Awarded to Thomas Sebire Wandin Sabbath School Feb 7 1882. Thomas Hogg Super.

Summary

An adventure story of a shipwreck and rescue.

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